Police bust 'world's biggest' video-game-cheat operation

bbc.com

20 points·adamhowell··11 comments

By games do they mean gambling games or literally random videogames like StarCraft? And if so why is this something the police are involved in? What laws were even broken?

They were selling cheats, which can(I don't know if it did here) involve selling software ilegally. So no different than busting someone selling illegal copies of windows in the old days.

From the article:

> The gang designed and sold cheats to popular video games, including Overwatch and Call of Duty Mobile.

> Kunshan police found and destroyed 17 cheats and arrested 10 people in connection with the ring.

Ah ha! A cheat! (holds bit of paper). Quick, burn it!

Excellent, one more cheat eliminated from the world.

> Subscription prices for users began at around $10 a day, and up to $200 a month.

What? 10*(1 month) > 200...

Likely daily and monthly fees such that monthly is encouraged. The wording is definitely awkward though.

Is this 1st April joke or it is real?

very real

Can someone expand on why cheats are worth $200/month to consumers?

Is it a way to buy bling that would otherwise cost thousands or?

From the article

> With players able to win millions in gaming tournaments around the world, a crackdown on cheating has intensified in recent years.

Apparently cheats were used to win tournament prize money.

the more it costs the fewer people will have it

so your chance of going detected goes down

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